A beleza é sempre um véu através do qual deve pressentir-se o caos.

Eugenio Trías in o belo e o sinistro.

Picture by Barbara Nitke, Dusty at Bizarre Viedeo, 1991.

I don't carry my camera so much these days: I don't have the same relationship with it. I've never considered photography one of the higher art forms. Everyone takes photos; now even phones can. The whole issue of digital is so depressing to me; my process is gone. There were all kinds of unknown things that could come out in a photograph, things you didn't know were there until you saw it; now it's all so flat. But then I never really saw myself as a photographer.

Nan Goldin in Photographer Nan Godin's best shots, Interview by Sarah Phillips, 24 Julho 2011.

[...] o cinema pode «salvar a existência das coisas». [...] O acto de filmar é um acto heróico (não sempre, nem sequer frequentemente, mas por vezes). [...] A câmara é uma arma contra a miséria das coisas, nomeadamente contra o seu desaparecimento. Porquê filmar? Não saberá de outra pergunta menos idiota?

Wim Wenders in «Porquoi Filmez-Vous? 700 Cinéastes du Monde entier répondent», Libération, Abril 1987.

Picture by Helmut Newton.

For the purposes of deification, an early and appropriate death is essential.

Bob Carlos Clarcke in Shooting Sex: The Definitive Guide to Undressing Beautiful Strangers.